Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-18
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Notice to health care providers - Collection of fees
Official statutory text
A. No hospital, physician, or other health care provider shall
bill or attempt to collect any fee or any portion of a fee for
services rendered to an employee due to a work-related injury or
report to any credit-reporting agency any failure of the employee to
make the payment, when a claim for compensation has been filed under
this act and the hospital, physician, or health care provider has
received actual notice given in writing by the employee or the
employee's representative. Actual notice shall be deemed received
by the hospital, physician, or health care provider five (5) days
after mailing by certified mail or sending by facsimile, electronic
mail or other electronic means with receipt of confirmation by the
employee or his or her representative to the hospital, physician, or
health care provider.
B. The notice shall include:
1. The name of the employer;
2. The name of the insurer, if known;
3. The name of the employee receiving the services;
4. The general nature of the injury, if known; and
5. Where a claim has been filed, the claim number, if known.
C. When an injury or bill is found to be noncompensable under
this act, the hospital, physician, or other health care provider
shall be entitled to pursue the employee for any unpaid portion of
the fee or other charges for authorized services provided to the
employee. Any applicable statute of limitations for an action for
the fees or other charges shall be tolled from the time notice is
given to the hospital, physician, or other health care provider
until a determination of noncompensability in regard to the injury
which is the basis of the services is made, or if there is an
appeal, until a final determination of noncompensability is rendered
and all appeal deadlines have passed.
D. This section shall not void, modify, or amend any other
section or subsection of this act.
E. An order by the Workers' Compensation Commission under this
section shall stay all proceedings for collection.
bill or attempt to collect any fee or any portion of a fee for
services rendered to an employee due to a work-related injury or
report to any credit-reporting agency any failure of the employee to
make the payment, when a claim for compensation has been filed under
this act and the hospital, physician, or health care provider has
received actual notice given in writing by the employee or the
employee's representative. Actual notice shall be deemed received
by the hospital, physician, or health care provider five (5) days
after mailing by certified mail or sending by facsimile, electronic
mail or other electronic means with receipt of confirmation by the
employee or his or her representative to the hospital, physician, or
health care provider.
B. The notice shall include:
1. The name of the employer;
2. The name of the insurer, if known;
3. The name of the employee receiving the services;
4. The general nature of the injury, if known; and
5. Where a claim has been filed, the claim number, if known.
C. When an injury or bill is found to be noncompensable under
this act, the hospital, physician, or other health care provider
shall be entitled to pursue the employee for any unpaid portion of
the fee or other charges for authorized services provided to the
employee. Any applicable statute of limitations for an action for
the fees or other charges shall be tolled from the time notice is
given to the hospital, physician, or other health care provider
until a determination of noncompensability in regard to the injury
which is the basis of the services is made, or if there is an
appeal, until a final determination of noncompensability is rendered
and all appeal deadlines have passed.
D. This section shall not void, modify, or amend any other
section or subsection of this act.
E. An order by the Workers' Compensation Commission under this
section shall stay all proceedings for collection.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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